World Cities Day
World Cities Day brings Urban October to an end on 31 October each year and was first celebrated in 2014. As with World Habitat Day, a global observance is held in a different city each year and the day focuses on a specific theme.
World Population Day
World Population Day is celebrated annually on 11 July to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues.
WSIS+20 High-level Event
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is an existing multistakeholder United Nations (UN) process on digital governance and cooperation with a vision of fostering people-centered, inclusive, and development-oriented information and knowledge societies.
17th BRICS Summit
The 17th BRICS Summit will be hosted by Brazil. As the Chair of BRICS, Brazil is focusing on the theme, ‘Strengthening Global South Cooperation for More Inclusive and Sustainable Governance’.
Initially comprised of Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China, and South Africa, the recently expanded alliance now also includes Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The BRICS countries convene…
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) will take place from June 30 to 3 July 2025 in Spain. The conference will result both in an intergovernmentally negotiated and agreed outcome and in summaries of the plenary meetings and other deliberations of the Conference, to be included in the report of the Conference.
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is observed annually on 17 June to promote public awareness of international efforts to combat desertification.
The Day offers a chance to recognize that land degradation neutrality (LDN), a world where human activity has a neutral or positive impact on land, is achievable through problem solving, strong community involvement, and cooperation at all levels. Under the UN Convention to…
G7 Summit
As the Group of 7 (G7) Presidency in 2025, Canada will host the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, in June. Canada intends to work with G7 partners on common priorities, including building economies that benefit everyone, fighting climate change, and managing rapidly evolving technologies.
The G7 Summit is an international forum held annually for the leaders of the G7 member States of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and…
Third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC)
The Third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) will convene in Nice, France, in June 2025. The Governments of France and Costa Rica will co-chair the Conference, which aims to generate transformative action and provide solutions the ocean needs, supported by ocean science and funding for SDG 14 (life below water).
World Oceans Day
World Oceans Day provides an opportunity to honor, help protect and conserve the Ocean. The UN marks the Day each year on 8 June through an annual event which provides an opportunity to celebrate the importance of the Ocean and to better understand how to interact with it in a sustainable manner.
World Environment Day
The UN celebrates World Environment Day annually on 5 June. The Day encourages worldwide awareness and action for the protection of the environment. The Day underscores the importance of urgent action to halt biodiversity loss, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, air pollution, and plastic waste and restore the environment.
World Bicycle Day
Acknowledging the uniqueness, longevity and versatility of the bicycle, which has been in use for two centuries, and that it is a simple, affordable, reliable, clean and environmentally fit sustainable means of transportation, fostering environmental stewardship and health, the General Assembly decided to declare 3 June World Bicycle Day.
The 8th Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
The eighth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) will focus on the overall theme, ‘Everyday Counts, Act for Resilience Today,’ to underscore the urgency of accelerating progress in the implementation of the goals of the Sendai Framework for DRR.
Resumed Second Session of the UN-Habitat Assembly
The UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) will resume its Second Session to consider the Strategic Plan for UN-Habitat for 2026-2029. The Second Session is taking place under the theme, ‘A Sustainable Urban Future Through Inclusive and Effective Multilateralism: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Times of Global Crises’.
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) established the UN-Habitat Assembly in 2018 upon dissolution of the…
Fourth session of the Preparatory Committee
The fourth session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepComm) for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) will convene in two parts. The first part of the fourth meeting of the FfD PrepComm will continue to make the organizational, procedural, and substantive preparations for the Conference. The second part of the fourth meeting of the FfD PrepComm is expected to convene in mid-June with the aim of reaching…
International Mother Earth Day
International Mother Earth Day aims to raise global public awareness of the challenges to the well-being of the planet and all the life it supports. The Day also recognizes a collective responsibility, as called for in the 1992 Rio Declaration, to promote harmony with nature and the Earth, to achieve a just balance among the economic, social, and environmental needs of the present and future generations of humanity.
81st session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
The eighty-first session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will be held from 21 to 25 April 2025 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, guided by the theme "Regional cooperation for resilient and sustainable urban development in Asia and the Pacific".